The WoW Charge

Identify common and best practices to welcome new and continuing students to campus.

Develop programs and initiatives in line with the mission and goals of DSA and WOW.

Develop and execute a number of committee sponsored signature WoW events.

Recruit and establish a group of student volunteers to serve as ambassadors and event support for WoW events / initiatives.

Collaborate with campus partners to develop a roadmap and strategies to achieve goals.

Develop an assessment plan to measure the impact of student welcome.

Incorporate the MCV Campus into WoW through targeted programs and initiatives.

The WoW Committee

The committees will be developed by evaluating responses to a WoW Committee interest form.

Committee co-chairs will form the primary WoW leadership committee and will meet consistently as a group to determine and implement the planning of WoW. Individuals can express interest in being a committee co-chair or committee member on the interest form.

There is no limit to the size of each committee, though some may require more person-power than others.

All committee members and co-chairs should connect with their supervisor for support to serve on the WoW committee.

Committee Expectations

All committee members should expect to meet bi-weekly beginning in April.

Committee meetings will likely move to once a week beginning in August.

Committee members are expected to dedicate approximately 3-5 hours of work per week throughout the spring and summer.

Depending on the committee this can increase to 5-8 hours during the 4 weeks of welcome.

Committee members are expected to volunteer to at least 1 WoW signature program.

Committee Co-Chair Expectations

Committee co-chairs should expect an additional monthly meeting to meet as a leadership group, beginning in April.

In the month of August, these meetings will increase to bi-weekly, and as needed throughout the 4 weeks of welcome.

Co-chairs are expected to dedicate approximately 4-6 hours of work per week throughout the spring and summer.

Depending on the committee this can increase to 7-9 hours during the 4 weeks of welcome.